Paintings and Prints: The Fortunes of Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" in Late Sixteenth Century Art
As part of a series of special events accompanying the exhibition Holy Beauty: Northern Renaissance Prints Discovered in an Early English Bible, guest speaker Alessandra Baroni will explore the development of printmaking processes in and outside Rome in the late sixteenth century, focusing, in particular, on the relationship between painters, draftsmen and printmakers in the production of images after Michelangelo’s masterpiece at the Sistine Chapel.

Professor Alessandra Baroni

After receiving her PhD from the University of Utrecht, Prof. Baroni spent a period of research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. She has extensively published on sixteenth-century art and theory, focusing primarily on the study of drawings and prints. She teaches at the University of Rochester and the Università di Arezzo, Italy.

This lecture is offered conjunction with the Holy Beauty: Northern Renaissance Prints Discovered in an Early English Bible exhibition taking place at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art between February 10 and April 29, 2018. For more information and additional events, please visit:willamette.edu/go/holy-beautyFinancial support for the exhibition, lectures, and film presentation have been provided by funds from the Verda Karen McCracken Young Art Exhibition Fund of the Department of Art History at Willamette University, and by general operating support grants from the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission.